std::fill

template <class ForwardIterator, class T>
  void fill (ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last, const T& val)
{
  while (first != last) {
    *first = val;
    ++first;
  }
}

// fill algorithm example
#include <iostream>     // std::cout
#include <algorithm>    // std::fill
#include <vector>       // std::vector

int main () {
  std::vector<int> myvector (8);                       // myvector: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  std::fill (myvector.begin(),myvector.begin()+4,5);   // myvector: 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0
  std::fill (myvector.begin()+3,myvector.end()-2,8);   // myvector: 5 5 5 8 8 8 0 0

  std::cout << "myvector contains:";
  for (std::vector<int>::iterator it=myvector.begin(); it!=myvector.end(); ++it)
    std::cout << ' ' << *it;
  std::cout << '\n';

  return 0;
}